Somerset Volunteer Regiment Fattorini marked

[mooke07]

Hi all,

Have been through TWGB's wonderful VTC albums and feeling brave I post my Fattorini marked Somerset Volunteer Regiment one - it has a bad imperfection or a solder blob above the wyvern. So it worries me.

Tapered slider and quite similar to TWGB's one from 1st album of K&K badges page 4 - KK 1677.

Over to the umpire, cheers Dean.

[Rob Miller]

Nice badge.

But I think your mythical beastie has too many legs to be a Wyvern, Isn't it a Somerset Dragon?

Rob

[mooke07]

Hi Rob,

K&K describes it as a Wessex Wyvern so I went with that - heraldric associations I should think, it is a nice badge but VTC is not for the feint hearted with repros thick on the ground, cheers Dean.

[Rob Miller]

Hi Dean

I completely agree, I am looking for some local (Devon) VTC badges for my collection, but when they do show up they are usually very expensive and often of doubtfull quality.

Rob.

[TWGB]

Dean,

Lovely badge, and I have no doubts about it being genuine; everything looks right! Whilst the VTC arena is overflowing with restrikes and copies, it's only a dozen or two that proliferate, almost all of which are available on a large number of dealer sites. That is only the third Somerset I've seen, and I've never seen a copy!

That flaw must be solder rather than a die flaw? Slightly strange, but worrying from quality standpoint, not an originality one!

Best regards,
Tim

[41st]

I'd be happy with that too, the shape of the slider and the mark look similar to what's on my Carnarvonshire Vol Reg VTC.

[Old Smelly]

Somerset uses the dragon, the wyvern is for Wessex. Here is the back of mine with lug fixings.
Lee

[mooke07]

Thanks to all for comments and for picking up the thread, cheers Dean.

[TWGB]

Nice one, too, Lee! Picture beautifully illustrates another Fattorini trademark, the flat loops...

Still surprises me that there are many examples of a particular badge with a slider, and then the odd one or two with loops (such as this), and vice versa (Middlesex is a good example).

Best regards,
Tim